Well,
here he is again: Steve Cone, hailing from Arizona, U.S.A.!I did an interview with this guitar shredder, a few years back (time
flies when you’re having fun), concerning the ‘Distortion’ album. I really
liked the Distortion songs as they contained/combined great guitar solo’s and
interesting arrangements. Afterwards, Steve released another album called
‘Crazy Ei8hts’, and if my counting is correct, this should be the 12th.
Steve Cone release to date.

Steve
is still unsigned, which means that he has to go through all financial costs to
produce, record, support and spread the album, and in my opinion, this indicates
that this man has a real passion for his music, he can be described as ‘die
hard shredder’!I really
appreciate it, when artists are doing a little more, in stead of writing and
recording! He’s not sitting and waiting for some result, he’s just moving on
to work on the next idea, to satisfy himself musical wise.

For
this new album ‘Unfinished Business’, Steve teamed up with Erik Fehrenbach,
who seems to be back from Australia!This
duo has the talent and skills to give full attention to the songs, without
losing the idea that best compositions are often the ones that handle the term:
less is more.The 12 new songs are
all written by Steven Cone, but have enough variety, to convince the modern
metal head.The musical direction
is a mix between nowadays metal and the typical U.S. Metal that we all love from
the early 80’s.As Steve is the
mainman on the guitar, he gives full axe in every track with brilliant guitar
solo’s that make you shiver and shake!

The
opener of the album is called ‘Now Or Never’, which has a very heavy start,
directly followed by a cool guitar solo, and a chorus line that is easy to sing
along.It’s a solid composition,
a real headbanger choice and a perfect way to start a new album.The next track is called ‘Already Gone’, and this song is much faster
than the first song.Again we hear
a contagious chorus line which is brought in some layers, as it has s light
version of part-song. Needless to mention that the guitarsolo is breathtaking!
We continue with ‘Death From Above’, which has a lyrical content about the War
(In 45 they dropped the bomb). It’s another cool song and the lyrics
really bring on additional feelings with the music.‘Let you Go’ is much slower, but the chorus line is melting together
with outstanding guitarlayers which are taking back seat position.The track ‘Eaten Alive’ is another challenge for the neck
muscles as the speed of the song is inviting to bang your head!The chorus of ‘Eaten Alive’ is a repetition of the title and can be
considered as an average track on the new album. ‘On And On’ brings a little
rest for the neck and muscles, and if you like a ballad once and a while, just
listen to ‘Story Of My Life’. It’s not necessary to mention every song in
particular, as they all have great arrangements, and some of the songs are real
highlights!I guess that my
personal favorite is ‘Let You Go’, but it may vary, depending on the mood
I’m in.One thing is for
sure, Steve Cone did it again, and it’s a real pleasure to listen to this
man’s talent and skills!

The
album is available at cdbaby, itunes, Amazon and more, but the best way is to
visit his homepage and get the latest information that you might need: www.stevecone.net
or visit his Myspace at www.myspace.com/stevecone

It
would not be fair to reward this new album with lesser points than his previous
release, so let’s continue and reward ‘Unfinished Business’ with a fair
but perfectly true score! Let’s crank it up once more!!!